1.   Konishiki will become a stable master at the Takasago sumo stable in Tokyo and take the name Sanoyama as a sumo elder.

2.   Naturally, the sultan keeps a small team of Argentine stable masters around who can play polo whenever he needs a game.

3.   Others live in their training stables, where their stable masters provide food and some necessities.

4.   Becoming a stable master after retirement from active wrestling is impossible without Japanese citizenship.

5.   Due to back injury suffered last fall, Takanohana has been able to practice only lightly, said his father, the stable master Futagoyama.

6.   His father and stable master, Futagoyama, was fired from his post as a Japan Sumo Association executive Friday following a tax evasion scandal in July.

7.   Kazue Watanabe, wife of Hawaiian-born stable master Jesse Kuhaulua, said in a telephone interview that Akebono went to the hospital Tuesday morning.

8.   Konishiki is no longer a stable master and no longer belongs to the association.

9.   Most stay on in sumo-related jobs, often as stable masters, after retiring.

10.   Otherwise, he lives in his training stable, where his stable master provides food and other necessities.